What harm can an improper umbilical cord do to a baby?
After the baby is born, the doctor will clamp the umbilical cord with a clip or wrap it with medical gauze. It takes at least 24 hours to remove the clip or gauze. However, because there will be doctors or nurses in the hospital during this time, Bao Dad and the nurses can directly ask if they don't understand. For Bao's father and me, the responsibility of caring for the umbilical cord only began to fall on them when they left the hospital. During this period, if you don't get proper care, it will easily lead to infection and umbilical cord inflammation.
So, how to care for the umbilical cord can help the baby's umbilical cord fall off healthily and smoothly?
1, the umbilical cord of the newborn baby should be kept dry at any time.
Newborn babies have a strong metabolism, so they secrete a lot of sweat. In addition, urine and feces are excreted frequently, and the baby's skin is very delicate and easily stimulated by these excretions, so take a bath often. At this time, Bao's father and Ma Bao should pay attention to nursing the umbilical cord with umbilical cord cream and dressing it with medical gauze. On the one hand, it is waterproof, on the other hand, just in case, if water passes through the umbilical cord gauze, it can be sucked dry in time.
2. The umbilical cord of newborn babies should be disinfected with iodine or 75% alcohol every day to keep it clean.
Before shedding, Bao Dad Ma Bao disinfected the umbilical cord with iodine or 75% alcohol every day. During disinfection, use a medical cotton swab, gently lift the umbilical cord by hand, and smear or drip iodine and 75% alcohol into the navel. The disinfection frequency should be controlled at 1-3 times/day. After 2-3 weeks, the umbilical cord will fall off. Continue disinfection, the disinfection method remains unchanged, and adhere to 65438+.
3. The umbilical cord of the newborn baby should not be too thick, and it should not be wrapped in diapers or diapers for a long time to avoid infection.
This phenomenon mainly needs special attention in summer. If the baby's umbilical cord is not dry, it is necessary to pay special attention. Of course, even if it is dry in the later stage, you should be especially careful to avoid sweating because it is too thick, and eventually it will cause infection and even cause disease because the urine is not wet and airtight. It is suggested that Ma Bao, the baby's father, buy medical gauze to bandage the baby after he leaves the hospital and change it in time to keep the umbilical cord clean and dry.
4, the newborn baby umbilical cord is very afraid of friction, Bao Dad Ma Bao should pay special attention to clothes and diapers.
If you rub the umbilical cord frequently, you may be injured and bleed, which may cause a series of problems. Therefore, the clothes usually worn by the baby should be soft, especially the close-fitting clothes, preferably pure cotton. When wearing diapers, you should pay attention to the tail end of diapers, especially the baby who likes to kick at ordinary times, so as to avoid him kicking frequently, causing the tail end of diapers to pull up and down.
The umbilical cord of a newborn baby has the following three conditions. Please don't be particularly nervous, continue disinfection and observe for 3 days, and your condition will get better. If the condition does not improve, you should seek medical advice in time.
1. When the umbilical cord is just cut, the baby's umbilical cord may be a little swollen, like jelly, and it will dry up after 3-5 days. And the nurses in the hospital will check the baby's condition every day these days. Please don't be too nervous.
2. If the baby's umbilical cord needs pus or blood, baby Ma Bao should not be too nervous. Check whether the clothes around you rub the umbilical cord in time. Just change your clothes and stick to disinfection. If there is too much pus and blood, you should take your baby to see a doctor in time.
3. Umbilical cord falls off, and there will be scabs at the root. After the scab falls off, some parts will be wet or have rice soup-like liquid oozing out, even a little blood and taste. Continue to disinfect with 75% alcohol. If the smell is pungent and unpleasant, seek medical advice promptly.
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